If You Won the Lottery...

lucifer_sam · 09-18-2011, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Buy brewery. Give free beers to the homeless, the blind, and under-privileged children.

And sick animals.

Buy under-privileged children. Give homeless to sick animals, the blind, and breweries.

And free beers.

**Janszoon** · 09-18-2011, 08:27 PM

Pay off my mortgage, student loans, etc. Same for my wife and our siblings and parents.
Start my own design firm.
Take regular, kick-ass vacations to various parts of the world.
Invest heavily and use the profits to augment my income and support a variety of charities.

Zer0 · 09-19-2011, 05:14 PM

I would...

Buy a nice house. Not too big, not too small.
Buy a new car, nothing too fancy though.
Buy a big awesome stereo system and install it in my own special entertainment room.
Take my first holiday in 7 years/go travelling for a bit.
Start my own software company.
Invest in some property.
Buy a machine gun to protect me from the aliens
Blow the rest on coke and hookers.

NSW · 09-19-2011, 10:15 PM

I would flee.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 09-20-2011, 03:00 PM

I wouldn't keep most of it. Money makes you a target, really, and I couldn't stand being in the spotlight.

So, I'd first pay off all loans and debts, obviously. Then, I'd buy myself a house of some variety within a driving distance of a reasonably culturally significant metropolitan area, but not within city limits.

I'd then, once I get my new living place furnished, I'd live a life of isolation. Build myself some art studios within my home, at minimal cost, and devote my life to art. Adding a lump sum of money of maybe a million or two in a secure set of banks, and spend minimally living off interest.

Then, the rest would go to charity. But, I'd form a charity, and supervise it, not blindly trust it to an existing. But, I wouldn't put my name on it.

Mojo · 09-20-2011, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife

I would flee.

Where to?

If you wanna go to Australia, I'll come with you?

NSW · 09-20-2011, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Where to?

If you wanna go to Australia, I'll come with you?

Australia it is...bring the suit.

jackhammer · 09-20-2011, 06:20 PM

Give to selected charities and scour the papers for worth causes like those poor feckers who can't get an electric wheelchair due to some stupid red tape bullcrap BUT remain anonymous.

Start a business to have something to keep the old grey matter going and get my kids to work there and learn as much as they can. I would see them right but still instill a work ethic in them.

Put around 20% away in a high interest account that cannot be touched for 20 years. Back up.

Travel the world and do music festivals all over the place.

Learn to drive.

Probably get pissed and indulge for a month or two. Has to be done.

Attempt to make my own music.

Have my own private cinema built into the new place.

Book a ticket for space travel.

hip hop bunny hop · 09-21-2011, 02:50 AM

Well, in America, if you won $50 million in the lottery half would go to the Federal Govt.

The remainder would be:

$10 million on land in Montana, which would net me some 50,000 acres give or take (about 60 square miles). I'd try to make this as contiguous as possible, and would do my best to remove any and all homes and buildings from the property. I'd rent out of the land to farmers, ranchers, and hunters as needed but would try to keep much of it wild.

$10 million on a ****ing castle. Not a mansion, not a big ass house, I mean a ****ing stone castle in the goddamned mountains.

$2 million on guns; did you foreigners know that, if you're in the right state and have the right licenses, you can own fully automatic machine guns, flamethrowers, and even automatic grenade launchers in the USA? Yep. I'd have a goddamn arsenal.

$3 million on random ****.

Boom.

GuitarBizarre · 09-21-2011, 07:16 AM

Ok, first the money would go into high interest accounts.

As for buying things:

1st - Buy a house. (~1m)

2nd - Build a bigger house with a massive extension on the side for a studio (~?m, lets say 5, but I think thats wayyyy more than it would actually be, seeing as all the programs I've seen about people doing self-build houses they seem to cost less than 1m)

3rd - Acquire a fantastic home studio to put into it (~5m)

4th - Move into the big house. (~0m)

5th - Buy a reasonable car (~£16000

6th - Buy seven custom guitars (~£21600)

7th - Buy a nice mountain bike (~£5k)

8th - Sell the small house (+~1m)

9th - Buy a Home Cinema - (~£10k)

10th -

Cost so far = £11,052,600 (12,052,600 if I keep the small house)

09-18-2011, 08:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Pay off my mortgage, student loans, etc. Same for my wife and our siblings and parents. Start my own design firm. Take regular, kick-ass vacations to various parts of the world. Invest heavily and use the profits to augment my income and support a variety of charities. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

09-19-2011, 05:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I would... Buy a nice house. Not too big, not too small. Buy a new car, nothing too fancy though. Buy a big awesome stereo system and install it in my own special entertainment room. Take my first holiday in 7 years/go travelling for a bit. Start my own software company. Invest in some property. Buy a machine gun to protect me from the aliens Blow the rest on coke and hookers. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

09-19-2011, 10:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	I would flee. __________________ Hi.

09-20-2011, 06:20 PM	#18 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Give to selected charities and scour the papers for worth causes like those poor feckers who can't get an electric wheelchair due to some stupid red tape bullcrap BUT remain anonymous. Start a business to have something to keep the old grey matter going and get my kids to work there and learn as much as they can. I would see them right but still instill a work ethic in them. Put around 20% away in a high interest account that cannot be touched for 20 years. Back up. Travel the world and do music festivals all over the place. Learn to drive. Probably get pissed and indulge for a month or two. Has to be done. Attempt to make my own music. Have my own private cinema built into the new place. Book a ticket for space travel. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-21-2011, 02:50 AM	#19 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Well, in America, if you won $50 million in the lottery half would go to the Federal Govt. The remainder would be: $10 million on land in Montana, which would net me some 50,000 acres give or take (about 60 square miles). I'd try to make this as contiguous as possible, and would do my best to remove any and all homes and buildings from the property. I'd rent out of the land to farmers, ranchers, and hunters as needed but would try to keep much of it wild. $10 million on a **ing castle. Not a mansion, not a big ass house, I mean a ing stone castle in the goddamned mountains. $2 million on guns; did you foreigners know that, if you're in the right state and have the right licenses, you can own fully automatic machine guns, flamethrowers, and even automatic grenade launchers in the USA? Yep. I'd have a goddamn arsenal. $3 million on random **. Boom. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.